Roschdy Zem

Roschdy Zem

1965-09-27 Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, France 107 Credits

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Roschdy Zem (born 27 September 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roschdy Zem, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The One I Loved

The One I Loved

2025

as Yves Montand

Acting

She loved him more than anything else, he loved her more than anyone else. Simone Signoret and Yves Montand were the most famous couple of their time....

13 Days, 13 Nights: In the Hell of Kabul

13 Days, 13 Nights: In the Hell of Kabul

2025

as Commandant Mohamed Bida

6.4
Acting

Kabul, August 15, 2021. US troops are preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan, while the Taliban are marching on the capital to seize power. Amid the c...

Winter in Sokcho

Winter in Sokcho

2025

as Yan Kerrand

6.9
Acting

A young Korean girl's life takes an unexpected turn when a French artist visits her country, disrupting her routine.

Bruuuuuce By Antoine

Bruuuuuce By Antoine

2024

as Self - Guest

Acting

Antoine de Caunes meets The Boss to promote the "Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band" documentary.

Elyas

Elyas

2024

as Elyas

6.2
Acting

Elyas, a former Special Forces soldier who has become paranoid since a mission in Afghanistan, is recruited to ensure the safety of Amina and her daug...

Dear Paris

Dear Paris

2024

as Jean Paul

5.8
Acting

What makes life worth living? In a set of interconnected stories, several Paris residents see their lives turned upside down when death knocks at thei...

On the Pulse

On the Pulse

2024

as Vincent

5.5
Acting

Gabrielle has just joined a prestigious news program. With no formal training, she must prove herself and find her place among an experienced team of ...

The Edge of the Blade

The Edge of the Blade

2023

as Clément Lacaze

6.6
Acting

In 1887, at a time when duels are in vogue in Paris, Clément Lacaze and Marie-Rose Astié meet. He's a charismatic master of arms; she's a feminist, fa...

Wow!

Wow!

2023

as Le père de Swan

5.2
Acting

Catherine and Oracio are real estate advisors, and are visiting two properties in quick succession: a large bourgeois house "which can have a swimming...

Le Principal

Le Principal

2023

as Sabri Lahlali, le principal et père de Naël

4.9
Acting

Sabri Lahlali, the assistant principal of a local high school, is ready to do anything to ensure that his son, who is about to take his high school di...

Our Ties

Our Ties

2022

as Ryad

6.4
Acting

Moussa has always been gentle, altruistic and present for his family. This is the opposite of his brother Ryad, a TV presenter of great notoriety who ...

Our Ties

Our Ties

2022

Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

Moussa has always been gentle, altruistic and present for his family. This is the opposite of his brother Ryad, a TV presenter of great notoriety who ...

Stay With Us

Stay With Us

2022

as Roschdy Zem

5.7
Acting

Gad Elmaleh decides to leave New York and move back to Paris, to get baptized and become a Catholic. Despite his attempt to hide the truth from his Je...

The Innocent

The Innocent

2022

as Michel Ferrand

6.8
Acting

Sylvie, a nearly sixty-year-old woman, has fallen in love with Michel, a thug she marries in prison. The couple dream of starting again with a clean s...

Other People's Children

Other People's Children

2022

as Ali Ben Attia

6.7
Acting

Rachel loves her life, her students, her friends, her ex, her guitar lessons. When she falls in love with Ali, she grows close to his 4-year-old daugh...

Undercover

Undercover

2022

as Hubert Antoine

4.9
Acting

October 2015. French customs seize seven tonnes of cannabis in the heart of the capital. The same day, Hubert Antoine, a former mole with a shady past...

Madame Claude

Madame Claude

2021

as Jo Attia

5.7
Acting

Paris, the late 1960s. Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the French poli...

The Girl with a Bracelet

The Girl with a Bracelet

2020

as Bruno

6.5
Acting

Lise (16 years old) is accused of murdering her best friend. As the trial starts, her parents stand right by her side. But once her secret life is rev...

Oh Mercy

Oh Mercy

2019

as Daoud

6.5
Acting

A police chief in northern France tries to solve a case where an old woman was brutally murdered on Christmas Eve. However, in a neighborhood rife wit...

Persona non grata

Persona non grata

2019

as Moïse

4.8
Acting

José Nunes and Maxime Charasse are friends and minority partners in a struggling construction company. Faced with the need to protect their interests,...

Persona non grata

Persona non grata

2019

Director

4.8
Directing

José Nunes and Maxime Charasse are friends and minority partners in a struggling construction company. Faced with the need to protect their interests,...

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

Omar Sy, c'est ta chance

2018

as Self

6.0
Acting
Nothing to Hide

Nothing to Hide

2018

as Marco, husband of Charlotte

6.6
Acting

To spice up a dinner party, old friends agree to share every private message that pops up on their phones -- with disastrous results.

Leila

Leila

2018

as Hakim

5.7
Acting

Hakim and Latifa fled the Algerian civil war in the early 90s. They live since in the Jura, with their two daughters: Nedjma 14 years, and Leila, the ...

The Price of Success

The Price of Success

2017

as Mourad

5.6
Acting

A comedian's relationship with his family crumbles when his career begins to take off.

The Brigade

The Brigade

2017

as Philippe, captain

6.7
Acting

Bénédicte Meursault, a female firefighter, has just been transferred to a small fire brigade in the South of France. She is welcomed by Philippe, 45, ...

Sahara

Sahara

2017

as Saladin (voice)

5.9
Acting

A young cobra and his scorpion best friend go on a journey across the Sahara desert to save a new-found love.

Chocolat

Chocolat

2016

Director, Adaptation

6.8
Directing

Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Fo...

Alaska

Alaska

2015

as Benoit

6.8
Acting

Nadine is a French young woman. Fausto is an Italian young man trying to make it in Paris as a restaurant waiter. They accidentally meet at a five-sta...

The Price of Fame

The Price of Fame

2015

as Osman

5.2
Acting

A criminal duo learns of Charlie Chaplin's death and decides to steal his coffin to hold for a ransom.

Bodybuilder

Bodybuilder

2014

as Vadim

5.8
Acting

Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older...

Bodybuilder

Bodybuilder

2014

Director, Scenario Writer

5.8
Directing Writing

Twenty year old Antoine has made enemies of a gang of young thugs, to whom he owes money. Fed up with his scams and petty crimes, his mother and older...

The Chef's Wife

The Chef's Wife

2014

as Sam Drissi

5.1
Acting

The wife of a successful chef feels unfulfilled in her rôle as dining-room hostess and consults career counselor, who is herself dissatisfied by her u...

Bird People

Bird People

2014

as Simon

5.9
Acting

An overstressed American businessman and a French chambermaid make a connection at an airport hotel in Paris.

Giraffada

Giraffada

2014

as Yohav Alon

5.8
Acting

Yacine is the veterinarian of the only zoo remaining in the Palestinian West Bank. He lives alone with his 10-year old son, Ziad. The kid has a specia...

Just Like a Woman

Just Like a Woman

2013

as Mourad

5.5
Acting

Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a famous belly dancing company, while her friend, Mona, ...

Collision

Collision

2013

as Saleh

5.8
Acting

Deceit and betrayal rise to the surface after newlyweds survive a deadly car accident in the Moroccan desert.

Armed Hands

Armed Hands

2012

as Lucas Skali

5.8
Acting

Lucas and his team are after a gang of Serbian criminals using NATO-issued weapons. As the investigation leads him to Paris, Lucas attempts to reconne...

The Cold Light of Day

The Cold Light of Day

2012

as Zahir

5.4
Acting

After his family is kidnapped during their sailing trip in Spain, a young Wall Street trader is confronted by the people responsible: intelligence age...

Paris by Night

Paris by Night

2012

as Simon Weiss

6.1
Acting

Police commander Simon Weiss, head of the division that supervises Paris’s demi-monde, starts out on his nightly tour of bars, discos and strip clubs,...

Omar Killed Me

Omar Killed Me

2011

Director

6.7
Directing

In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill...

Point Blank

Point Blank

2010

as Hugo Sartet

6.6
Acting

Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from ...

Outside the Law

Outside the Law

2010

as Messaoud

6.6
Acting

After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud joins the French army...

Four Lovers

Four Lovers

2010

as Franck

6.0
Acting

Mutual attraction leads two married couples to swap bedtime partners.

Conte de la frustration

Conte de la frustration

2010

as Nassim

6.9
Acting
Turk's Head

Turk's Head

2010

as Atom

5.7
Acting

A 14 year old boy, an ER doctor, a cop looking for revenge, a mother fighting for her children and a man distraught by the death of his wife see their...

Legal Aid

Legal Aid

2009

as Antoine Lahoud

6.7
Acting

At the age of forty, Antoine Lahoud is still defending petty criminals who are entitled only to legal aid. He still has a quixotic notion of his missi...

London River

London River

2009

as Le Boucher

6.7
Acting

After traveling to London to check on their missing children in the wake of the 2005 terror attacks on the city, two strangers come to discover their ...

The Very Very Big Company

The Very Very Big Company

2008

as Zak

5.7
Acting

Four friends decide to confront a multinational agrochemical company that is polluting their region. They have 30 days to gather evidence.

Go Fast

Go Fast

2008

as Marek / Slimane

5.9
Acting

Marek, a crime squad officer, sets out to avenge the death of his partner and best friend, who was killed by drug traffickers. He asks for a posting t...

The Girl from Monaco

The Girl from Monaco

2008

as Christophe Abadi

5.1
Acting

A brilliant and neurotic attorney goes to Monaco to defend a famous criminal. But, instead of focusing on the case, he falls for a beautiful she-devil...

Zidane, un destin d'exception

Zidane, un destin d'exception

2007

as Narator

5.7
Acting
Game of Four

Game of Four

2007

as Thomas

5.2
Acting

When a man & woman discover their spouses are having an affair with each other, they secretly plot to break them up and win them back

Bad Faith

Bad Faith

2006

as Ismaël

5.9
Acting

In Paris, Clara, psycho motor therapist, and Ismaël, music teacher, have been lovers for four years. Happy, the couple are expecting their first child...

Bad Faith

Bad Faith

2006

Writer, Director

5.9
Writing Directing

In Paris, Clara, psycho motor therapist, and Ismaël, music teacher, have been lovers for four years. Happy, the couple are expecting their first child...

Days of Glory

Days of Glory

2006

as Messaoud Souni

6.7
Acting

1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, alon...

La Californie

La Californie

2006

as Mirko

4.0
Acting

Mirko and Stefan, Serbian refugees, move to the French Riviera. There they meet Maguy who lives in a luxurious mansion up the hill above Cannes with a...

The Young Lieutenant

The Young Lieutenant

2005

as Solo

6.8
Acting

A rookie policeman from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Parisian homicide bureau and is assigned to a middle-aged woman detective...

Camping à la ferme

Camping à la ferme

2005

as Amar

5.6
Acting

Six jeunes en difficulté de la banlieue parisienne débarquent au fin fond de la campagne française, escortés par leur éducateur. Ils doivent montrer l...

Live and Become

Live and Become

2005

as Yoram Harrari

7.5
Acting

In 1980, the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a J...

36th Precinct

36th Precinct

2004

as Hugo Silien

6.9
Acting

In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is direct...

Ordo

Ordo

2004

as Ordo Tupikos

4.7
Acting

Ordo Tupikos, a french sailor with greek origins, discover that his first wife, Estelle, with whom he had remained married a few months only 16 years ...

Thank You, Doctor Rey

Thank You, Doctor Rey

2004

as Taxifahrer

5.7
Acting

A gay young man is recruited into an illicit love triangle to watch a much older man’s sexual liaison, but ends up witnessing what turns out to be his...

Tenja

Tenja

2004

as Nordine

7.5
Acting

A young man has to return in Morocco to bury his father.

Sansa

Sansa

2004

as Sansa

6.6
Acting

Artist/writer/director/producer Siegfried follows a street hustler/artist Sansa who makes his way from Paris to Russia using his street smarts. Sansa ...

The Car Keys

The Car Keys

2003

as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

5.1
Acting

Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...

Only Girls

Only Girls

2003

as Malek

6.2
Acting

After a shoplifter finds herself unexpectedly released on parole, she pays a call on the judge at her flat. The judge, Carole Rewinsky, does not tell ...

Chouchou

Chouchou

2003

as Frère Jean

5.3
Acting

Choukri, alias Chouchou, a transvestite Maghrebi with clear eyes, comes illegally to Paris to find his nephew. Hired as an assistant by a psychotherap...

Monsieur N.

Monsieur N.

2003

as Marshal Bertrand

6.3
Acting

This film covers the last years of the Emperor's life, imprisoned by the British on St Helena, a remote island off the west coast of Africa. Napoleon ...

Blanche

Blanche

2002

as Bonange

4.1
Acting

In 17th century France, cardinal Mazarin's death squad kills young Blanche's parents. She grows up to become a thief and steels a substance called Pow...

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002

as Self

Acting

Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, dir...

The Race

The Race

2002

as Sami

4.0
Acting

Sami, Tacchini, Yaya and Kader are four small-time crooks from the suburbs of Paris. After a failed robbery, their boss, Carlito, sends them to Canada...

Change My Life

Change My Life

2001

as Sami

5.0
Acting

Slightly over-the-hill actress Nina has a fainting spell in a Paris park and Sami, an Algerian man, out for a run comes to her aid. She seeks him out ...

Betty Fisher and Other Stories

Betty Fisher and Other Stories

2001

as Dr. Jérôme Castang

6.2
Acting

When bestselling novelist Betty Fisher loses her young son in a tragic accident, her unstable mother resorts to unusual actions to alleviate Betty's g...

L'origine du monde

L'origine du monde

2001

as Sami

Acting

A young policeman of Moroccan origin investigates the murder of an informer. His investigations soon lead him to question his own past.

Little Senegal

Little Senegal

2001

as Karim

6.1
Acting

Fascinated by the history of his people, Alloune, an old guide at the African museum "La Maison des Esclaves" in Gorée, sets off on a pilgrimage to fi...

Don't Make Trouble!

Don't Make Trouble!

2001

as Samir "Luc Leblanc" (segment "Le Vigneron Français")

6.0
Acting

Twelve short stories about racism in every day life.

My Wife Is an Actress

My Wife Is an Actress

2001

as Le mec de la vedette

6.2
Acting

A "normal" guy who is married to a hot actress gets worried that she is involved with her costar. This worry turns into jealousy and causes problems i...

Save Me

Save Me

2000

1.0
Acting

Agatha is a beautiful young woman from Romania who had a brief but passionate love affair with a French surgeon when he visited her country as part of...

Stand-by

Stand-by

2000

as Marco

5.0
Acting

A woman remains in an airport after her husband announces he wants a divorce, just before they are to board a plane for Argentina. Unwilling to turn t...

Enchanted Interlude

Enchanted Interlude

2000

as Paul

5.5
Acting

Summer 1969 on the Mediterranean coast. Paul and Vincent are childhood buddies. On a beach one day, they meet Alice and her friend Eve. After a series...

My Little Business

My Little Business

1999

as Sami

6.1
Acting

A wood worker is trying hard to make his company survive every day... But a fire in his workshop leaves him in a lot of trouble when he realizes his i...

The City

The City

1999

as Roschdy

7.4
Acting

Ali, an aspiring actor, works in a government-aided butchery and takes part in a cheap play. Defying his father's wishes, he moves to Paris to fulfill...

Living in Paradise

Living in Paradise

1999

as Lakhdar

4.9
Acting

Set in France in 1961-1962 during the Algerian War, Living in Paradise is a thought-provoking examination of the lives of North African immigrants try...

Louise (Take 2)

Louise (Take 2)

1999

as Rémi

5.9
Acting

The central role of Louise is portrayed by Elodie Bouchez, who won a 1998 Cannes "Best Actress" award for The Dreamlife of Angels. When Louise has an ...

Les Petits Souliers

1999

as Zoubir Galaoui

5.2
Acting
Alice and Martin

Alice and Martin

1998

as Saïd

5.8
Acting

Martin, the illegitimate son of an industrialist and a hairdresser, was sent to live with his wealthy father in the countryside as a young boy. Alice ...

For Sale

For Sale

1998

as The banker

5.0
Acting

A Private detective is hired to trace a woman who ran away and disappeared on her wedding day. The movie follows him and recounts the story of her lif...

Le monde à l'envers

Le monde à l'envers

1998

as Nasser

Acting

Rolando Colla made his directorial debut with this Swiss-French-Italian period drama about a Breton woman who disguises herself as a man to join a shi...

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train

1998

as Thierry

6.1
Acting

A group of mourners travels by train to bury a recently deceased artist in Limoges. As they journey, secrets and desires unfold, with relationships sh...

Long Live the Republic

Long Live the Republic

1997

as Ahmed

4.0
Acting

A group of young unemployed people from Le Mans (France) decide to create a new political party.

The Other Shore

The Other Shore

1997

as Tarek Timzert

6.1
Acting

This film deals with the aftermath of the Algerian war of liberation. Georges Montero, an Algerian-born Frenchman, manages an olive canning factory in...

The Gods Must Be Daring

The Gods Must Be Daring

1997

as Oscar

4.3
Acting

A priceless statuette "Dancing God" is transfered from Africa to France. Scoundrels of all stripes are dreaming of steeling it. The most clever of the...

Fred

Fred

1997

as Nouchi

6.1
Acting

Fred (Vincent Lindon) is a former crane driver who was a victim of the closure of his factory. He takes care of the little boy of his girlfriend (Clot...

My Family's Honour

My Family's Honour

1997

as Hamid

Acting

In the nightclub where she works, Carole is dreaming. She has always dreamed of leaving her rainy Roubaix, her heavy guys and her lousy prospects. She...

The Best Job in the World

The Best Job in the World

1996

as Ahmed Raouch

5.6
Acting

To be closer to his children following his divorce, Laurent Monier, a history and geography teacher in a peaceful provincial high school, accepts a po...

Clubbed to Death

Clubbed to Death

1996

as Emir

6.2
Acting

A young woman visiting Paris, misses the last bus home, finds herself stranded on the outskirts of Paris. Entering a local club, she meets a troubled ...

The Phantom Heart

The Phantom Heart

1996

as Moand

5.9
Acting

Philippe is a middle-aged painter, he lives with Annie : they have two kids. Just after they split up, Philippe meets Justine. He starts thinking abou...

Mémoires d'un jeune con

Mémoires d'un jeune con

1996

as Bachir

5.5
Acting

Frédéric is arrested for illicit use of narcotic drugs. In jail, he meets he get up close with various sorts of people among which he looks for a role...

Don't Forget You're Going to Die

Don't Forget You're Going to Die

1996

as Omar

6.8
Acting

Benoit has his life all planned out before him. Unfortunately, he had totally forgotten to include his military service. Inevitably called into duty, ...

To Have (Or Not)

To Have (Or Not)

1995

as Joseph

4.8
Acting

Alice, fired from her job on an assembly line, leaves her boyfriend and provincial home for an uncertain new life in Lyon. There she encounters Bruno,...

My Favorite Season

My Favorite Season

1993

as Mehdi

6.2
Acting

Elderly woman Berthe leaves her house to live with her daughter Emilie. Emilie and her brother Antoine had a falling out three years ago and have not ...

I Don't Kiss

I Don't Kiss

1991

as Said

6.3
Acting

A good-looking but naive lad leaves his mountain village to try and make his way in Paris. He thinks maybe he will try acting but things don't go too ...

Déchaînées

N/A

Acting

Le Raïs

N/A

as Le Raïs

Acting

Elisa – Io la volevo uccidere

N/A

as Alaoui

Acting

Zem will play a compassionate criminologist named Alaoui, whose life intersects with a young woman named Elisa, played by Ronchi. Elisa comes from a m...

Billie Melody

N/A

Acting